We just had another couple of installments in the long, inglorious anti-free market saga that is the United States Farm Bill. First there was: (Democrat) Senate Passes Farm Bill A huge cacophony of Food Stamp welfare spending: Farm Bill Follies: 80% of $955B for Funding of Food Stamps And farm market protectionism: US Farm Bill Gives Generous Subsidies to Agribusiness The Republican House then took | Read More »

Note: In the moment, deviations from the script do occur. Hello, Fellow Future Audit Recipients. We come here today not to praise the IRS – but to bury it. My late Grandfather said they aren’t the IRS – they are The Assassins. The IRS damages everyone and everything it touches. And it touches nearly every American. And that was before ObamaCare. We have in the | Read More »

UPDATES: Aplenty – from late last night – below. Please, indulge us and read from top to bottom – for clarity’s sake. —– That’s some good news right there. The National Security Agency (NSA) has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls…. Hold the phone. (Get it?) The NSA claims “it does not | Read More »

We’re all James Rosens, now. The National Security Administration (NSA) has been forcing Verizon to turn over phone record data on millions of Americans. Will the federal government use this unbelievably massive data grab against the American people they are supposed to serve – but instead increasingly lord over? Let’s check the recent record. Obama DOJ to Federal Judge: Let’s Keep This James Rosen Warrant | Read More »

The Big Government Barack Obama Administration is nothing if not thorough. Justice Department Tries to Force Google to Hand Over User Data Secret lawsuit in Manhattan filed last month asks judge to force Google to cough up user data without a search warrant. A different court has already ruled that the process is unconstitutional. When the Obama Administration wants information on We the Peasants, they | Read More »

A brief history of recent climate science puts this outstanding effort in its proper context. From about 1850 to nearly 2000 our planet appeared to be growing significantly warmer over time. There were fluctuations, but a trend was identified (and some would say artificially amplified) suggesting that our climate was warming at a dangerous rate. We have recently enjoyed a fortuitous leveling in what was previously a significantly alarming increase in the Earth’s Median Daily Temperature. From about 1998 to the present, the Earth’s temperatures have either stabilized or moderately decreased. The current controversial theories regarding human impact on the terrestrial climate failed to explain this departure from forecast. But rather than holding a polka dance to celebrate our likely salvation from climate-induced immolation, proponents of AGW engaged in an odious practice of “Hiding the Decline.” But why hide the decline when you can scientifically account for it instead?

There’s a whole lot of federal government overreaching going on. To itemize but some of it…. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) overreached again and again – blocking and/or dragging their feet on Conservative non-profit applications while fast-tracking Leftist ones. The State Department overreached on Benghazi – repeatedly redacting the facts and making up out of whole cloth a video excuse. The Justice Department overreached in | Read More »

I apologize. Lizz Winstead is no longer part of The Daily Show. An earlier version of this article strongly implied that she still directed the content of Daily Show jokes. Don’t Let The Crisis Go To Waste Senator Whitehouse ‘This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives,’ wrote comedian Lizz Winstead, in a tweet, | Read More »

Last Monday here at Red State, I wrote: How Ridiculous is Net Neutrality? Let the Left’s ‘Consumer’ Groups Demonstrate In which I referenced a bit of good news on the Internet front. In a possible deal between ESPN and AT&T (at least), the sports network would pick up some of the tab for the delivery of its content. Which would be outstanding news for consumers. | Read More »

The latest breakthrough in stem cell research turns skin cells into stem cells just as useful as embryonic stem cells, without the ethical issues. Adult stem cells and induced stem cells, while still able to become many other types of cells, still had some limitations. Researchers are saying, however, that stem cells using this new method, are just like embryonic. We are getting to the | Read More »

There are Leftist groups that claim the mantle of protecting the “consumer interest.” Asserting they exist to protect consumers from the abusive, evil acts of corporate America. In most instances, this is all (shocker) double speak. These aren’t “consumer” interest groups – they’re government interest groups. Interested only in growing government. It’s not free market bad actors they don’t like – it’s the free market | Read More »

Wheeler served as president of the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), and later as CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).

Many on the Left find Wheeler’s real-world experience and knowledge troubling:

Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent (umm, he’s a Socialist), (said)… “I…am troubled that President Obama would appoint the former head of two major industry lobbying associations to regulate the industry.”

Wheeler served as president of the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), and later as CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA).

Many on the Left find Wheeler’s real-world experience and knowledge troubling:

Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent (umm, he’s a Socialist), (said)… “I…am troubled that President Obama would appoint the former head of two major industry lobbying associations to regulate the industry.”

President Barack Obama and the Left have declared the government is now even more extensively in the economic “fairness” business. Obama Unveils Budget With Call for ‘Fair’ Economy Obama Calls for Economy Where ‘Everyone Does Their Fair Share’ Giving Everyone a Fair Shot (on BarackObama.com) They have even in Orwellian fashion so-named a terribly unfair bill. 9,646 Reasons to Dislike the ‘Marketplace Fairness Act’ As | Read More »